“The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one’s designs to one’s means.”– Napoleon Bonaparte Related Quotes “Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.”– Marcus Tullius Cicero “What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.”– Francois de La Rochefoucauld “Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.”– Friedrich Nietzsche